After one of the most political festivals of recent times came to an end at the weekend. the winners of the prestigious Palme awards were announced! Riviera Luxury Rentals congratulates all winners at the Cannes Film Festival, and look forward to seeing everyone next year!

Short Film Palme d’OrAll These Creatures, dir: Charles Williams
Special Mention: On The Border, dir: Wei Shujun

We at Riviera Luxury Rentals wish to thank all of our clients who joined us for the festival. You are the real winners, staying in some of the most luxurious properties in the whole of Cannes! We look forward to seeing you next year and finding the perfect property for your requirements once more.

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Following the historic red-carpet protest by 82 of the most prevalent women in the film industry, the Cannes Film Festival institution has developed a new charter, which aims to give a better representation of women at the Festival, and therefore to promote gender parity. This is a move that makes the Cannes Film Festival a leading light in the fight for gender parity in the film industry, with other film festivals set to adopt a similar charter. This is a welcome course of action from an institution which has been heavily criticised in the past due to low representation of women.

The Cannes Film Festival has some rather damning statistics about gender representation: for example, in the past 70 editions of the world-renowned Festival, only two women directors have won the most prestigious award, the Palme d’Or. One of those two Palme d’Or winners, legendary French director Agnès Varda, was present at the protest: she delivered in French the powerful statement demanding equality and better representation for women in the film industry.

The Charter promises that the Cannes Film Festival institution will follow a strong set of commitments. Under the charter, statistics will be compiled based on gender – for example, the gender make-up of cast and crew of films that are submitted to the competition. Furthermore, the names of members on selection committees will be published in order to show committees are not dominated by either gender, giving women proportionately more representation than the current moment.

Sadly, the Festival would not commit to introducing gender-parity policies for directors who are selected for competition. This is a blow to the 82 women who protested: the number 82 is the number of total women directors who have been selected for competition over the course of the Festival’s history; there have been 1,645 male directors who have had films selected over that time. Festival director Thierry Frémaux has long held the belief that films should only be selected for the competition on artistic merit alone, which is generally the consensus.

Looking at the Festival’s history, we can see a 20:1 ratio in favour of male-directed movies being selected for competition. Does Frémaux believe men are inherently overwhelmingly better directors than women? Sure, maybe there were not so many women directors in 1946 when the Festival began, so most films at the time were directed by men only. However, there are many today, yet only 3 of the 21 films selected for competition this year are directed by women. It sure makes you wonder…

It is a great thing the protest, organised by the French social movement campaigners 5050×2020, has led to action from the Cannes Film Festival superiors – hopefully, this will get the ball rolling across the whole of Hollywood and in other Film Festivals. Further progress should be encouraged, and hopefully, over the coming years, we will see more women deservedly claim the Palme d’Or awards for exceptional films.

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In a historic stance of defiance, 82 women marched arm in arm up the red carpet yesterday evening to protest gender inequality in the Film Industry. The demonstration took place just before the premiere of Eva Hudson’s movie ‘Girls of the Sun’ – Eva Hudson being one of just 82 female directors to have had a film premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, while there have been 1,688 male directors who can boast the same honour in the Festival’s 71 year existence.

The protest was organised by the French movement 5050×2020, which aims to achieve 50/50 gender equality in the French film industry by the year 2020. The 82 women walked up the red carpet, before turning at the height of the stairs, locking arms and confronting the many journalists and spectators, turning their backs on the world famous Cannes Film Festival venue, Palais des Festivals.

In the star-studded troupe could be found women superstars of the movie industry, such as ‘Wonderwoman’ director Patty Jenkins, who were led by this year’s female jury members. Once atop the stairs, Jury President Cate Blanchett, a proactive feminist, delivered a fierce statement, condemning the lack of equality in film, shown notably in huge pay gaps between industry professionals undertaking the same roles. Agnès Varda, the 89-year-old legendary director who is one of two women to win the Palme d’Or, delivered the statement in French.

Blanchett proclaimed: “Women are not a minority in the world, yet the current state of our industry says otherwise… We expect our institutions to actively provide parity and transparency in their executive bodies and provide safe environments in which to work… We expect our governments to make sure that the laws of equal pay for equal work are upheld… We demand that our workplaces are diverse and equitable so that they can best reflect the world in which we actually live.”

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Are you sadly not attending the Cannes Film Festival this year, but still want to get involved in festivities and admire some of the greatest films in cinema history?

Why not join Riviera Luxury Rentals and get yourself down to the Cinema de la Plage, on Plage Mace, where every night of the Cannes Film Festival a classic film is being shown at the open air cinema. Most films begin at 9.30pm, and it is free for all! Deckchairs for the public are freely available, but bring a beach towel down with you, just in case all chairs are taken.

Crowd favourite Grease is among many of the brilliant movies on show – rumour has it, Mr. John Travolta himself will be in town to personally present his high school musical flick. Having starred in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, 1994’s Palme d’Or winner – the biggest prize of them all at the Cannes Film Festival – Travolta will surely take pleasure being back in Cannes again to admire one of his best works.

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The Cannes Film Festival 2018 opening night is upon us and the event is in full swing!!! The red carpet was laid earlier today for the numerous A-listers to stroll down in their stunning gowns and smart suits.

The photocall and press conference of the Film Jury took place earlier today: the Jury -full of film industry talents, such as Jury president Cate Blanchett and Kirsten Stewart -helped inaugurate proceedings of this year’s edition: journalists flocked and photographers tussled for the best spots, as the Jury members spoke about their delight in finally being here in Cannes for the Festival.

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As the evening descended on Cannes, anticipation mounted as the red carpet walk for the Opening Ceremony and first film screening arrived! The cast and crew of ‘Todos Lo Saben (Everybody Knows)’, the first film of the Cannes Film Festival to be screened tonight, sauntered down the red carpet as they made their way into the Palais, joined by the Jury.

The Opening Ceremony is being hosted by Master of Ceremony Edouard Baer. The Palais is full of stars and film industry experts right now for the Opening Ceremony, and the following screening of Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Todos Lo Saben’!

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Riviera Luxury Rentals hope everybody enjoys the festivities of the Cannes Film Festival, and no doubt the party will go on way into the night!

The article discusses the growing confidence in prime real estate following President Macron’s election victory last year. Fredrik Lilloe emphasises this current upturn in market confidence: “This year, the billionaires showed up themselves, rather than sending representatives like they usually do”, regarding last months MIPIM 2018 event, a global real estate market for prime properties and developments.

Moreover, another of our colleagues at Knight Frank French Riviera, Charles Montuoro, discussed the rentals market here in Cannes. Riviera Luxury Rentals is the best choice for property rental!

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With the Festival just days away, we thought it’d be a great moment to look at some unusual facts and mindboggling figures about the Cannes Film Festival!

1. Just 48 hours into the inaugural Cannes Film Festival of 1939, the event was swiftly halted due to the commencement of World War Two. The festival returned in 1946, and we’ve been celebrating cinema ever since!

2. 2160m is the total length of red carpet used during the Cannes Film Festival! A 60m red carpet is laid every for every movie screening, so that’s 3 times a day, over 12 days!

3. The Cannes Film Festival is one of the widely covered events in the world, highlighted by the festival being second only to the Summer Olympics as the most covered global event in 2016, with over 4,000 journalists and photographers attending.

4. The ‘Palme’ awards given to the winners in the competition are some of the most expensive awards in the world – the leaves of the palm are cast in 24-carat gold, and each award costs $21,000 to make.

5. There has only ever been one female winner of the Palme d’Or, the most prestigious prize in the competition: Jane Campion scooped the award in 1993 for her work ‘The Piano’.

6. On average, a yacht costs $570,000 per week at the Cannes Film Festival… we think renting one of our magnificent villas at Riviera Luxury Rentals is a much better idea!

We hope all attendees are looking forward to the event and have a great time! If you are looking for last minute accommodation, give us a call on +33493999675, or send me an email at lee@rivieraluxuryrentals.com!

Take a look at the NY Times article, within which Fredrik details the villa, and expertly discusses the current prime housing market on the French Riviera: he goes on to examine the impacts of the impending ‘Brexit’, and how this is changing the composition of buyers on the French Riviera.

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There are just two weeks separating us from the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival! Hundreds of movie stars and film industry professionals will descend onto the Croisette, as the city of Cannes swells from its usual population of 75,000 to well over 200,000! We here at Riviera Luxury Rentals are so excited!

The red carpet will be rolled out again this year for the A-listers to stroll down, where the paparazzi will be snapping away to get the best pictures of the superstars. Here’s a quick look at some of the fabulous dresses and sharp suits donned by last years attendees!

Bella Hadid, Eva Longoria and Nicole Kidman all stun in their dresses as they pause for photos on the red carpet!

Dustin Hoffman catches up with Netflix CCO Ted Sarandas… who probably won’t be attending this year, following Netflix’s omission from the Festival

We look forward to seeing this year’s attendees grace the red carpet with their glamourous gowns and suits!

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